Burying $12,000 of Electrical Conduit. Over 2400’ through the woods 

Well the Video Got so long I had to split it up, check out the second half here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_H9ZI0no2-I.html

True story ....I work for a rental company. A guy rents a trencher. The next day we get an angry phone call from the guy who complains "THIS STUMP GRINDER SUCKS!"😂

Please see this. My grandfather loved watching your videos all the time. He had binged almost all of them the first week he found your channel. Yesterday he went to heaven, so he won’t get to see your new video. I just wanted to thank you for the effort you put into your videos, it all ways made his day. Thank you for being one of the last things he saw before his time came. Thank you. R.I.P Pa (1949-2023) ❤

For anyone interested the black "finger" at the end of the trencher when lowered to the ground (it has it own hyd cylinder) will scrape the bottom of the trench clean and flat as you are driving along and trenching.

I got a real chuckle out of this one. I’m a former full time electrical contractor (now part time, my day job now is an airline pilot) and when I saw this my first thought was “that’s a hell of a lot of work for one guy”. Pretty much every pitfall I saw coming. I’m sure you learned all of this stuff along the way but here’s a few pointers I learned over the years. Always glue a coupling on the last piece of whatever and tape up over the coupling. That way all you need to do is knife out the tape and you never have to clean tape off the outside of a pipe to stick a coupling on. Never put a piece of pipe in the trench without taping it first. When gluing large pipe, just pour the glue out of the can and use the swab to spread it out. That way you never get a dry joint. When spreading glue, always glue the female side first. That way you can hold the male end off the ground till you’re ready to stab it. You were doing the best you could with only yourself but always have a piece of 2X4 and a hammer at the end of the pipe Incase you have to persuade it in before the glue sets. I’m not sure if it was a requirement or if it was just what you had but we always used the clear glue. Always order 10% over on your material. People usually don’t consider the risers when they measure out a run. The Gallion did a great job of backfilling. That’s a lot of work, especially when you’re doing it solo.

It’s so nice that you don’t have to rebuild the machine before you can use it!

This man has yet to put out a dull video. Even if I fall asleep, I rewatch it again.

Man Matt, it hurts my heart to watch you struggle sometimes. I wish I lived closer, I'd come over and give you a hand!!

Here the rule is you put in a run of caution tape over the cable run at a certain depth above it...makes it harder to excavate right through cable runs

Wow, a 45 minute video of trenching that I can’t stop watching. 2 cups of coffee later and still watching! Not many channels can do that! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Matt. One of the best channels on RU-vid.

About half way through the video I was thinking about the extra time you take to film, edit and post these videos for out entertainment. It is much appreciated Matt! Keep them coming please.

Hey Matt, I’ve been an electrician for 25 years, and a lot of times when we do duct banks we use 20’ sticks of PVC. Less joints and goes pretty quick. One thing though, you should’ve added a red ribbon ELECTRICAL BURIED LINE tape roughly 12” above conduit while back filling. Nice job!

Just makes so much more sense to bury rather than a row of utility poles. I think that the poles are north of $1000 each now and every tree close to the line is a potential threat to come down in a storm and take the power line with it.

I sit down with a nice mug of coffee, and just as I turn on the RU-vids, Matt drops a fresh video! PERFECT~!

I love how many of your toys make cameo appearances in this video! You can never have too many machines

Anybody else ever notice how a "simple" job turns into a time consuming nightmare, for no real reason whatsoever? Matt, you sir, are a determined man who loves a challenge. Great job!

That fly in intro was great. It was nice to see where you started, literally in mud, up to the new building makes people want to think how much effort and planning you have to put into planning, filming and producing these videos. to earn what you have now and all the friends around the world that like to see you and the next project

It’s probably a nightmare to edit a 2-3 hour video. But I’d watch the hell out of it.

Thank you for your content. Here's a little to help with the conduit project.

Great video Matt. As an electrician I would not have backfilled until the cable had been installed just in case there were any blockages. Fingers crossed !!🤞🤞

Don’t know why but dirt work is oddly satisfying and you never disappoint Matt!!

What I like about Matt's videos is that I can click on them, click on the thumbs up icon, click on the full screen icon and lean back and enjoy them. He never disappoints me.

I feel your pain. One thing I have learned. Take what you think it will cost and double it. Take how much time you think it will take and triple it. I find it to be more realistic. Now we know what the Vermeer was for. Awesome to see Christine at work. Great video as usual. You have been a busy guy. Looking forward to tomorrow morning. Cheers.

Matt, don't worry about this episode being to long. If it was 2 hours it still wouldn't be to long. We can always hit pause, get some lunch and take a nap then come back and finish watching it. It's friggen amazing how you get so much done by yourself. Just to let you know you get 2 likes every episode from me. I watch the video on my new Samsung CU7000 65" tv while also watching on my Samsung A54 phone so I can comment. Ear bud in my left ear, right ear listening to the tv so it's a neat kinda sterio. Fun part is getting them synced back up when commercials get them unsynced. I'm getting pretty goid at that. Can't wait for the next episode.

It will be interesting to see the cable pulled through such a long run of conduit.

Congrats on getting power started being in. As a retired electrician, we laid miles of primary conduit. It is a huge job by yourself, but looks like you are on your way.

Matt, I'm surprised the utility co didn't want you to use steel sweep 90's so they don't get cut by the pulling cable during the wire/cable pull.. all my years working electrical duct banks and underground pulls they would spec steel 90's. GREAT PROJECT!! Thanks for sharing.. OH is this going to be a 3 phase service??

Greetings Matt. It is required to put a warning ribbon 1 foot above the conduit.

Three homes ago, I had a 2.5 acre piece of land in Knox county, TN. The drive from my house to the private road was 365', and the road was 600, to a main road. the drive and the road was gravel like yours. After 17 years of raking gravel after a heavy rain, and trying to shovel it out after a snow, I swore to never have a long gravel drive again. My current home in Soddy Daisy, TN is 25' long and takes 5 minutes to blow clean. Thank God for small miracles!

Thanks Matt, we are all living vicariously through you! It seems we all had a cup or two or three of coffee while watching this. Thank you for sharing what you are up to, the rest of us wish we were doing it.

This was like Saturday morning cartoons for adults! I look forward to every video and appreciate your hard work. You do a great job with the videos and timing of this one was awesome. Sat down to have morning coffee before tearing into my project and there it was. Got that happy feeling like a kid turning on one of 3 channels to watch bug on a Saturday morning! Thanx Matt!

Could not agree more Matt and Andrew Camarata I could watch those guys for 3 to 4hrs every single time 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Your dog makes me nervous. Also, I'm impressed with how much you get done by yourself. Thank you for the video.

I think Matts parents bought him a bunch of Tonka toys when he was little and he just never grew out of them. Love the videos!

Dude if I wasn’t on opposite side of PA I would offer free help for you anytime you needed it. This would have been soo much quicker with two people. This is insane to do all alone, you are great!

Always a lot more work and expense than expected seems to be true for all one time projects. I rented a fairly large trencher a few years ago from the orange box store and dug about 60' from my house to my old shop and it was the hardest ground I have anywhere on my property. I would never have done it with a shovel in my lifetime. Thank the Lord for the people who developed hydraulic driven machines!

Great video! I didn’t think I was going to enjoy 45 mins of trenching but it was very fascinating! Very well put together Matt! Looking forward to part 2!

Renting a trencher??? I was expecting you to pick one up out of a field somewhere and add it to your collection!

Don't we all "UNDERESTIMATE" how long a job will take. I do remember telling a friend of mine that we could easily change his rear shocks out after work. Well that didn't happen since his rear shocks were rusted to the frame at the connection points. Amazing how long it took to change them after starting... Nothing ever works like we initially think. But persistence will get it done all the same...even if it take two, three, or more time than expected! Thumbs Up!

Matt, Thanks for another great show! BTW, if you feel bad about the cost, get an estimate from the utility company. I'm sure you will feel better about all the money you saved.

Man, does this ever bring back memories! When my late wife and I were getting ready to have electricity hooked up to the house we had moved from town to our property out in the county, I rented a Ditch Witch to dig a trench 200 feet long and four feet deep. We had to allow an extra couple of feet for telephone and cable. Everything went well, the trench was deeper than the electrical company called for but we were happy. Then Mother Nature stepped in to remind us she was still the boss! Before they could deliver the conduit, we had a nasty rain storm come through. The dirt was really sandy and every inch of our trench caved in! So, we had to get out the shovels and re-dig every foot of the trench! We got it done and just in time for the conduit to be unloaded. The power company came out, inspected the trench and the conduit, gave us the okay and we added the conduit for the telephone and cable with enough clearance that the inspectors were happy. Once every inch of power cable, telephone wiring and the conduit for the cable were in place , we buried that whole mess. I learned one nasty lesson from that ordeal. I will never dig another trench until I have everything on hand to finish the job just in case Mother Nature decides to be nasty again!

I usually don’t comment but I’m cheering for you kid!! I just retired at 60 and still in my shop but you remind me of myself younger, I took on everything for my family, it beat me down 24/7 at times but stay focused on your reward!!! Don’t stop working!!

That has to be a long, tedious, and expensive little part of the development of the property, but once completed it Will immediately start paying for itself in the convenience aspect of being able to work in and around your buildings and on projects. That conduit had to have been like burying gold in the ground, looking forward to part 2 sir, thanks for the update.

As a diy first time electrician you did a great job brother, as an actual electrician it’s certainly the first time I’ve ever seen primer used on the conduit 🤣

That's a hell of a project for one guy to tackle. Awesome progress though. Around here, that would likely be a pole-line and overhead conductors, with a pole-top transformer in the yard somewhere. The other option would be direct buried cable and a pad-mount transformer. Underground conduit is a great way to go, gives you flexibility down the road, and storm resistance, but it's expensive. Was this a local code requirement? Great video as always.

Hi Matt. Having come to your channel only relatively recently I must say how much I enjoy your videos. I have gone right back to the begging and am now smack up to date having watched them all! I am fascinated to see that you have to put conduit in for the electric cable. Over this side of the pond only communication cables, fiber optic etc are laid in conduits. All electrical cables are laid straight into the ground, much easier & cheaper. Keep up the great work and lets see the dogs some more. All the best and keep on doing what you are doing. James in the UK.

Nice to see your dog out there supervising your work. I was surprised to see what type of conduit you used. When we needed to pull lines at our place we hired a company that had a ditch-witch and a large coil of continuous, large bore pipe. Looking forward to seeing your next steps in this project including the intermediate connections. If possible, please record the process of pulling underground cables. Wishing you success in this process. Thanks Matt

Best content creator on RU-vid love the channel Matt. Needs more vids can’t get enough.

“I don’t want to make this a 3 hour long video…” Matt, I’m sure I’m not alone in saying, don’t threaten me with a good time!

Another fantastic video. You are "living my dream" ! 79 years. Thank you and may God bless.

Appreciate all the extra time it takes to get the shots you do so we can see your progress! Moving forward is proof the job is getting done, great work Matt.

matt i would love a 3 hour video, seriously doing a great job, putting many to shame, keep it up.

Man, that's gotta cost a ton of money. I'm surprised you didn't go with solar.

Love watching those old machines at work!

If you take a small sheet of 1/4" plywood and lay it down under where you do your conduit joints, it keeps dirt out of the glue and gives you a flat spot for your glue cans. One of my fav channels!!

Matt, you are a true hero, I was worried that your priorities were wrong but now I know that you need electric to get the wood burner sorted before the winter, and you need electric to get the overhead crane up and running. love this vid.

Matt, that is a gigantic job for solo work!

Really interesting and fun project. I am sure it is satisfying to be able to put those equipment purchases to use. I wonder what a contractor would charge versus you doing it yourself. Looking forward to seeing Part 2 and the cable pull process as well.

I am loving every minute of this process. Being a lifelong city boy, I have no idea how any of this stuff gets done. Thanks for all your efforts.

Glad to see the ol' gal (Gallion) out and earning her keep! Have NEVER watched a vid like this! Awesome! You're either very talented, having fun or, you accidentally put diesel in a gas tractor and the fumes got ya! 😜

Big fan of the channel. Also a big fan of the longer videos. Keep up the good work and stay safe.

Hi 👋 Theo and Bea!! Theo ,I've worked for and help support people who have Autism both mild and some severe. All have either Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities. And all are extremely violet most due to Mental illnesses as well . I've been doing this since I was 18 right out of high school. I'm now 46 almost 47 yrs old . I've got 3 more to go until I retire/ move on to something different. I just wanted to say, I'm HELLA impressed with ALL that you do and are going to accomplish despite having you're Neurological disorder. It proves ALL are capable and ALL are important. Everyone has struggles and we ALL just need LOVE, PATIENCE AND COMPASSION !!!! Thank you for sharing with you're viewers each time you do ,the two of you are AMAZING 👏 ❤

great video Matt was cool watching that power run being installed!!!

That's a lot of trenching with a ditch witch. I worked as an underground plumber for years and a thousand feet was common. You have some perseverance my friend.👍👍

I sold electrical supplies a few years back (McKeesport, Pa). Isn't obscene what they charge for PLASTIC PVC conduit !!! The schedule 80, 3 inch, 36" radius [elephant tusks] were rediculous $$. The electric utility always wants oversized conduit for an easy pull. Actually this is smart as you don't want damaged wire. Always a great video. At 72 I can hardly remember having the energy and strength to do that kind of work. Thanks

awesome and outstanding.your work ethic is exceptional.thanks for sharing and taking us along

Awesome video. Continued progress on the property. Always a plus. Looking forward to part 2 tomorrow of phase 1.

The thing i love about this channel is your not afraid of hardwork and always step up and do as much as you can by yourself, look forward to part 2

Watching from Australia ready for bed! Always love a diesel creek drop

Great stuff Matt! Keep'em coming.

Great edit Matt. Very entertaining and Very Very informative. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks for sharing your talents and adventures!!!

A couple of questions just out of curiosity from an outside. Is it mandatory that you have to use pipes for electrical cables also? that has to drive up the cost tremendosly compared to just using a ground cable. Other one is, I didn't see any stripe laid down over the pipe. Here it's a requirment that a bit above the cable / pipe you have to run a warning stripe (usually read or yellow with electric written on it) incase someone is digging in the future and dosen't know about the cable. I can also say it helps alot, didn't now about a fiber cable run over my property and that stripe prevented me from a bill on a couple of 1000

I’m always impressed with your content, editing skills and your music Matt, everything is awesome! Your videos are never boring my friend, always keeps my attention and interest! 👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼

Great episode mate. Looking forward to episode two and seeing it finished!

Hi Matt, I have been watching your varied projects videos for quite some time now, and I must confess they have been rewarding and entertaining. I have learned a lot & I salute your work knowledge. Keep up the good work and stay safe along the way.

As soon as I start watching Matt’s videos I hit the like button. I know I’m going to have a good time

As a electrician with 40 years in all I can think when I read the title is wait till you have buy the wire.

Hi Matt, Watching the trencher tip to the right brought "been there, done that" to mind! Having never done a project like this, I'm really interested to see how you pull the wire through the conduit. Thanks for taking us along!

Did plenty of 3 phase underground supply runs when I was in the trade, probably my least favourite thing to do and usually the most time consuming. The reasons for a maximum run length is A) cable length on the drum and B) friction between the cable and conduit, you'll probably get cursed out over not putting a "draw wire" in the conduit as well, makes it a hell of a lot easier to pull cables in later (much of the time with heavy gauge cable we ran that out first and slid the conduit over it before dropping it in the trench).

Great work Matt! I’m interested to see the next vid. Also keen to see how the cable goes in. I used to put rope into conduit first to help haul the cable thru. Will be interested to see what trick you have up your sleeve! 🍺

Man! BIG job. Imagine this one contracted out?$! But also: if this was overhead with poles, that is also big money. Looking forward to Part 2 of Phase 1.

I love the night footage, the color shifting, flickering and the overall look of it are so nice to watch, kind of retro touch

Always a real treat when Johnathan does a first start on any engine. That is due to him doing his home work. I always know Johnathan's first starts will. Thanks for the vids as I watch all of them.

Enjoyed every minute and will be watching to see this project finished.

I absolutely love watching these videos on Saturday morning!!!

for 12k you could be 100% off grid there . i invested les than 10 k got a solar system with 8kw in panels 25kwh battery storige. i can run my welder all day in the workshop even mid winter.

Hey Matt this is definitely my kind of content. Massive job for 1 guy. Much respect. I’ve laid conduit before with at least 1 more guy, especially gluing pipe. Great job. I’m looking forward to more.

Make it as long as needed. We love seeing it.

Matt, electrical dirt work always takes 2 or 3 times as long as you think it will. You're off to a better start than most. Looking forward to the next video.

Hey Matt I really enjoy watching your videos great content . More power to you !

Yay a Diesel Creek Double Feature!!!!

man, as someone who has had to manually dig a trench or two (much shorter, but still) i have to say, god bless heavy machinery and the awesome people that build, repair and operate them

Make sure you bury the conduit at least four feet deep. You don't want your electricity freezing up this winter!

Going good so far. Looking forward to part two Brother.

I was a bit surprised that you don’t run a draw line through the pipe as you glue it up, looks a very long way to blow it through or push it. Trenchers are a great tool for that sort of work especially if you’re on your own.

Absolute game changer for the channel. Super happy for you Matt. This is going to be fun.

Great to see the Gallion at work, it looks and sounds fantastic.

I love your working videos vs engine repair videos. I think your general editing and fast forward edits are perfect. And of course the music is great!

Matt wheelin was a Blast. Jeep did well. Your videos are Rock Solid. Time and expense is part of life. Part 2 please..

Another reminder that me and my body are not a 30 something anymore! This after watching all the energy, drive and enthusiasm Matt demonstrates each week working on his farm. Now in my 50's, I've found that I enjoy watching people do that work more than doing it myself these days. :)